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If you go to the Teachers First link and click on ABOUT US you will see my name there because I am very proud to be a member of TheTeachersFirst's Educator Advisory Board



TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our robust search tools.

There is a fantastic newsletter that come out every two weeks full of fantastic information for teachers and my favorite, a collection of Featured Sites. They are featured by grade levels and besides a description of each website, there is a paragraph on how you can use the site in your classroom.


These are the featured sites from this weeks newsletter;

Grabbabeast - Tangible Worldwide

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1 to 8
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View various beasts and then create your own! Share your beast with others via an ecard or by saving on the site and using its unique URL. You can either ...

The Wilderness Downtown - Chris Milk

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4 to 12
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This interactive music video will bring in a street view of any address you enter. The pop group, Arcade Fire, worked with Google to develop this video for its song ...

Yummy Math - Brian Marks

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5 to 9
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Yummy Math shares mathematics problems and scenarios based on things happening in the world today. For example, the activity for December 4th was based on Lebron James's return to Cleveland....
Melting Pot Math - Franklin Institute
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5 to 8
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This site shares different problem sets based in different countries and cultures across the world. Each set of problems comes with all of the necessary information to solve the questions....

Quarked! - The Quarked! Project and Professor Alice Bean

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2 to 12
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QUARKED! Adventures in the Subatomic Universe has a wide range of engaging multimedia and hands-on materials to introduce the exciting world of particle physics to students...

Aunty Math - DuPage Children's Museum

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1 to 5
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Join Aunty Math, or Angela Giglio Andrews, in solving real life math challenges. Three characters on the site guide you through different ways to problem solve. These problems are basically...

Storybooks - Math/Science Nucleus

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K to 6
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Looking for some FREE, animated storybooks about science? Here you will find storybooks on electricity, the life cycle, the solar system, technology, weather (such as earthquakes and...

Get Your Walk Score - Front Seat

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3 to 12
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Type in an address and determine the walkability of any location. A map of the address entered displays nearby restaurants, coffee shops, and more that are within one mile of ...

Brightstorm English - Brightstorm, Inc.

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3 to 9
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Find FREE English videos covering every topic in Grammar and Writing. Categories include: parts of speech, sentence basics, sentence style, voice, and style with multiple videos for...

We Give Books - Pearson Foundation

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K to 4
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Find award winning digital picture books for students through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and non-fiction, a variety of authors, and a balance of read-aloud books and ...


I really enjoy Teachers First Webinar's. They call this part of their program OK2ASK. I have attended almost everyone. The great thing about them is the size of the group. There are always 2-3 moderators and around 12 people attending a session so you really get hands on attention. Most webinars have 100 + people attending but there is not interaction or individual attention.

This is a list of the final webinars for this school year. It's not too late to sign up for one.


Google Docs: A focused workshop on Google docs Forms and Documents
ONLY (Extended time session, ONE time slot only 6:00-8:00 pm EASTERN time)
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Great Ideas: Exploring the Resources of TeachersFirst 3.0 to Plan Effective,
Technology-Infused Lessons
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Editors’ Choices from the TeachersFirst Edge: TeachersFirst Editors’ Top
Two Picks (tools TBA)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Web Worries: What teachers should know about online behavior
Thursday, April 12, 2010

Energizing Math: ideas, resources, and collaboration for K-8 math teachers
Date/time: Tues, May 22. 7-8:15 pm EDT ONLY


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